How to Mute Someone in GoTo Meeting

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May 12, 2026

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Use this interactive demo to learn how to silence a participant's microphone in GoTo Meeting.

Quick summary

This tutorial shows how to mute a participant in a live GoTo Meeting session using the People panel and per-attendee controls. Hosts can silence any attendee in seconds without disrupting the rest of the meeting.

Steps

From the GoTo Meeting dashboard, locate the meeting you want to host and click its Start button.
Review and configure your meeting settings, then click OK, I'm Ready to launch the session.
In the meeting toolbar, open the top menu bar and click People to view all participants.
Find the participant you want to silence and click the More Options button next to their name.
Select Mute from the dropdown list of options.
The selected participant's microphone is now muted for the remainder of your GoTo Meeting session.

📌 Why this matters

Being able to mute individual participants in GoTo Meeting gives hosts precise control over audio during live video calls, reducing background noise and keeping meetings focused. This feature is essential for webinars, large team calls, and any session where unintended audio interruptions can disrupt the flow. GoTo Meeting's per-attendee mute controls let organizers manage participant audio instantly without removing anyone from the session. For businesses running frequent virtual meetings, this level of host control directly improves meeting quality and professionalism.

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